Creating Different Page Views Using WordPress Templates

The Add New Page page opens, where you can write a new post to your WordPress blog.

1. Click Add New in the Pages drop-down list.

2. Type the title in the Title text box and the page content in the large
text box.
3. Select the page template from the Page Template drop-down list.
By default, the Page Template drop-down list in the Attributes module appears on the right side of the page. You can reposition the modules on this page; see Book III, Chapter 2 for more information.
4. Click the Publish button to save and publish the page to your site.

Figure 6-2 shows the layout of Lisa’s home page on her business site at
www.ewebscapes.com and the information it contains, whereas Figure 6-3
shows the layout and information provided on the Services page at www.
ewebscapes.com/services. Both pages are on the same site, in the same WordPress installation, with different static-page templates to provide different looks, layouts, and sets of information.

A lot of the content in this chapter dips into working with WordPress tem-

plates and themes, a concept that gets introduced, in depth, in Book VI. If
you find the topics in this chapter intimidating at all, then work through